Sümer Surname
Approximately 22,284 people bear this surname
Sümer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 22,074 | 1:3,525 | 498 |
| Germany | 113 | 1:712,438 | 54,203 |
| Northern Cyprus | 40 | 1:7,975 | 1,910 |
| Austria | 18 | 1:473,080 | 46,251 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Sumer (22,125), Šumer (145) & Sumér (1) are calculated separately.
Sümer (2,531) may also be a first name.
Sümer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sümer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sümer is found most in Turkey. It can also appear as a variant: Sumer, Šumer or Sumér. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sümer? popularity and diffusion
It is the 24,270th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 327,030 people. Sümer occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Sümer live; 86 percent live in West Asia and 86 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Sümer is also the 146,586th most commonly used given name world-wide, held by 2,531 people.
The surname Sümer is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is carried by 22,074 people, or 1 in 3,525. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 10 percent are found and Izmir Province, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Turkey it is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sümer
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